French Meaning of lift

ascenseur

Other French words related to ascenseur

Definitions and Meaning of lift in English

Wordnet

lift (n)

the act of giving temporary assistance

the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

the event of something being raised upward

a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg

one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot

lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building

plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised

transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)

a ride in a car

the act of raising something

Wordnet

lift (v)

raise from a lower to a higher position

take hold of something and move it to a different location

move upwards

move upward

make audible

cancel officially

make off with belongings of others

raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

invigorate or heighten

raise in rank or condition

take off or away by decreasing

rise up

pay off (a mortgage)

take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

take illegally

fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means

take (root crops) out of the ground

call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs

rise upward, as from pressure or moisture

put an end to

remove (hair) by scalping

remove from a seedbed or from a nursery

remove from a surface

perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face

Webster

lift (n.)

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.

The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift.

Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon.

That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted

A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.

A handle.

An exercising machine.

A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.

A lift gate. See gate, below.

A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.

One of the steps of a cone pulley.

A layer of leather in the heel.

That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

Webster

lift (v. t.)

To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden.

To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; -- often with up.

To bear; to support.

To collect, as moneys due; to raise.

To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle.

To live by theft.

Webster

lift (v. i.)

To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it.

FAQs About the word lift

ascenseur

the act of giving temporary assistance, the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity, the event of something being raised u

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